JoomlaPack Control Panel

The main page which loads when you click on Components > JoomlaPack is called the Control Panel screen. From here you can see if everything is in working order and access all of the component's functions and configuration options.

On the top of the page there is the component's title. Beneath it you can find quick links to the most vital functions which is what you'll have to deal with 99% of your time using the component.

Under the quick links, there is the profile selection box. It serves a double purpose, indicating the active profile and letting you switch between available profiles. Clicking on the dropdown allows you to select a new profile. To make it current - that is, to apply your choice - you have to click on the Switch Profiles button. Otherwise, your selection will have no effect whatsoever.

[Tip]Tip

The active profile is applied in all functions of the component, including configuration, filter settings, inclusion options, etc. The only settings which are immutable (they are not dependent on the active profile) is the location of the backup output and the front-end backup settings. Keep this in mind when editing any of JoomlaPack's settings!

On the right hand side of the page, you will find a slider with useful information arranged in panels. There are several panels:

Status Summary

In this panel you can find information regarding the status of your backup output directory. JoomlaPack will warn you if the directory is unwritable.

Status Details

In this panel you will find specific status information, for example the writable status of your output and temporary folders, as well as any problems and warnings JoomlaPack may have detected.

[Note]Note

Older versions reported the Temporary directory status, too. Since JoomlaPack 2.0, all temporary files are written on Joomla!™'s temporary directory. This is the same place used for component installation and should, therefore, be writable already. If JoomlaPack detects that it is not writable, it will report it and abort the backup operation.

[Important]Important

No matter what the PHP Safe Mode setting is, it is possible that your host enforces open_basedir restrictions which only allow you to have an output or temporary directory under a handful of predefined locations. On this occasion, JoomlaPack will report the folder unwritable even though you might have enforced 0777 (read, write and execute allowed for all) permissions.

A novelty of JoomlaPack 2.0, the "Status Details" section lets you diagnose potential problems before even happening, with helpful information right from the Control Panel. Just click on each warning's description to get a pop up window explaining the potential problem, it's impact on your backup and precautionary or corrective steps you can take. If this section is empty, no detectable problems were found; this is a good thing, indeed!

Backup Statistics

This panel informs you about the status of your last backup attempt. The information shown is the date and time of backup, the origin (backend or frontend), the profile used and the backup status.

Translation Credits

Each translation file contains information about the language and the translator. This information is displayed in this panel.

The left navigation panel allows access to the different functions of the component: